Displaying items by tag: mayorThe online magazine that helps LGBTQ+ women to stay updated with entertaining blogs and breaking news about LGBT rights.https://www.lezbelib.com/tag/mayor/feed/atom2019-03-21T19:13:18+00:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementMadhu Kinnar Became The First Trans* Woman To Be Elected Mayor In India2015-01-07T00:11:22+00:002015-01-07T00:11:22+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/asia-africa-etc-news/madhu-kinnar-became-the-first-trans-woman-to-be-elected-mayor-in-indiaE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madhu_Kinnar.jpg" alt="Madhu Kinnar" width="399" height="244" /></p>
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<p>This is a first in India where a transgender person was elected mayor!</p>
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<p>A few days ago, Madhu Kinnar became the new mayor of Raigarh with no less than 4,357 votes in her favor.</p>
<p>“It was the public support that encouraged me to enter the poll fray for the first time and because of their support only, I emerged as the winner,”&nbsp;she said.</p>
<p>“People have shown faith in me. I consider this win as love and blessings of people for me. I’ll put in my best efforts to accomplish their dreams.”</p>
<p>This is a magnificent victory when we know that India has recently recriminalized same-sex relationships.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Photo from NDTV.com</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madhu_Kinnar.jpg" alt="Madhu Kinnar" width="399" height="244" /></p>
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<p>This is a first in India where a transgender person was elected mayor!</p>
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<p>A few days ago, Madhu Kinnar became the new mayor of Raigarh with no less than 4,357 votes in her favor.</p>
<p>“It was the public support that encouraged me to enter the poll fray for the first time and because of their support only, I emerged as the winner,”&nbsp;she said.</p>
<p>“People have shown faith in me. I consider this win as love and blessings of people for me. I’ll put in my best efforts to accomplish their dreams.”</p>
<p>This is a magnificent victory when we know that India has recently recriminalized same-sex relationships.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Photo from NDTV.com</p></div>The First Openly Gay Mayor Was Elected In Poland2014-12-03T16:43:39+00:002014-12-03T16:43:39+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/europe-news/the-first-openly-gay-mayor-was-elected-in-polandE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Robert_Biedron.jpg" alt="Robert Biedron" width="149" height="223" /></p>
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<p>Robert Biedron became the first openly gay mayor of Poland!</p>
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<p>In 2011, already Biedron became the first openly gay MP in the Polish Parliament.</p>
<p>"I see how fast Polish society has learned its lesson of tolerance," Biedron told The Associated Press in an interview two days before he was elected to be mayor of Slupsk. "So I am very optimistic and happy with Polish society ? and proud."</p>
<p lang="en">Other candidates have tried their luck everywhere in Poland this year. They didn't win but not because they are gay or lesbians. As reported <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/openly-gay-mayor-elected-poland-27273151"><em>The Associated Press</em></a>, their poor showing can be attributed largely to the fact that they were mostly young first -time candidates with left wing parties, which saw little support.</p>
<p>"These people have enormous courage, in my opinion," said Mariusz Kurc, editor of a Polish gay advocacy magazine, Replika.</p>
<p>Since the early 2000s, Poland has made progress. People are increasingly proud, openly say they are LGBT, and thus acquires the respect they deserve.</p>
<p>The AP also reports that Biedron attended a local soccer match during the campaign and was heckled with homophobic slurs. After the first round, he was by chance approached by one of the men who shouted the insults.</p>
<p>"He said, 'of eight candidates you were the only one we didn't expect, but you were the only one who came to our game. You have courage, so we voted for you,'" Biedron recalled.</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Robert_Biedron.jpg" alt="Robert Biedron" width="149" height="223" /></p>
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<p>Robert Biedron became the first openly gay mayor of Poland!</p>
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<p>In 2011, already Biedron became the first openly gay MP in the Polish Parliament.</p>
<p>"I see how fast Polish society has learned its lesson of tolerance," Biedron told The Associated Press in an interview two days before he was elected to be mayor of Slupsk. "So I am very optimistic and happy with Polish society ? and proud."</p>
<p lang="en">Other candidates have tried their luck everywhere in Poland this year. They didn't win but not because they are gay or lesbians. As reported <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/openly-gay-mayor-elected-poland-27273151"><em>The Associated Press</em></a>, their poor showing can be attributed largely to the fact that they were mostly young first -time candidates with left wing parties, which saw little support.</p>
<p>"These people have enormous courage, in my opinion," said Mariusz Kurc, editor of a Polish gay advocacy magazine, Replika.</p>
<p>Since the early 2000s, Poland has made progress. People are increasingly proud, openly say they are LGBT, and thus acquires the respect they deserve.</p>
<p>The AP also reports that Biedron attended a local soccer match during the campaign and was heckled with homophobic slurs. After the first round, he was by chance approached by one of the men who shouted the insults.</p>
<p>"He said, 'of eight candidates you were the only one we didn't expect, but you were the only one who came to our game. You have courage, so we voted for you,'" Biedron recalled.</p></div>Christine Quinn Lost The New York City's Democratic Mayoral Primary2013-09-11T18:05:56+00:002013-09-11T18:05:56+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/christine-quinn-lost-the-new-york-city-s-democratic-mayoral-primaryE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><img style="float: left;" alt="Christine Quinn " src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Christine_Quinn_.jpg" height="237" width="201" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How is this possible that New York Democrats did not choose Christine Quinn as candidate for Mayor even though, since the beginning, all the polls always showed that she would beat her adversaries and would become the first lesbian Mayor? </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Christine Quinn lost the Democratic primary with only 16% of the votes. It would seem that her past support for the policies of the former Mayor Bloomberg does her harm. LGBT voters did not support her and preferred to vote for the candidate Blasio.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><img style="float: left;" alt="Christine Quinn " src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Christine_Quinn_.jpg" height="237" width="201" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How is this possible that New York Democrats did not choose Christine Quinn as candidate for Mayor even though, since the beginning, all the polls always showed that she would beat her adversaries and would become the first lesbian Mayor? </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Christine Quinn lost the Democratic primary with only 16% of the votes. It would seem that her past support for the policies of the former Mayor Bloomberg does her harm. LGBT voters did not support her and preferred to vote for the candidate Blasio.</span></p></div>A Lesbian Will Run San Diego Mayor's Seat2011-03-15T00:26:53+00:002011-03-15T00:26:53+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/a-lesbian-will-run-san-diego-mayor-s-seatE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img alt="dumanis_bonnie-8933" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/dumanis_bonnie-8933.jpg" height="250" width="200" /></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">San Diego County district attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, announced that she will be candidate at the post of mayor of San Diego next year.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dumanis, republican district attorney and former judge of the Superior Court, openly lesbian, decided to run against Karl DeMaio, another candidate for the election.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">According to <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/san-diego-county-district-attorney-bonnie-dumanis-to-run-for-mayor.html">Los Angeles times</a>, Dumanis promised to end the rancor that has gripped City Hall over pension issues, taxation and budget cutting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"As long as we take sides in what has become a war on how to handle our financial crisis in San Diego, all of us lose," Dumanis said in the e-mail. "It doesn't have to be this way."</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img alt="dumanis_bonnie-8933" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/dumanis_bonnie-8933.jpg" height="250" width="200" /></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">San Diego County district attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, announced that she will be candidate at the post of mayor of San Diego next year.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dumanis, republican district attorney and former judge of the Superior Court, openly lesbian, decided to run against Karl DeMaio, another candidate for the election.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">According to <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/san-diego-county-district-attorney-bonnie-dumanis-to-run-for-mayor.html">Los Angeles times</a>, Dumanis promised to end the rancor that has gripped City Hall over pension issues, taxation and budget cutting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"As long as we take sides in what has become a war on how to handle our financial crisis in San Diego, all of us lose," Dumanis said in the e-mail. "It doesn't have to be this way."</span></p></div>Christine Quinn Is Officially Candidate To Be Next New York Mayor2013-03-15T00:56:00+00:002013-03-15T00:56:00+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/christine-quinn-is-officially-candidate-to-be-next-new-york-mayorE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&nbsp;<img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Christine_Quinn_.jpg" alt="Christine Quinn " style="float: left;" height="237" width="201" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Since&nbsp;the&nbsp;adoption&nbsp;of&nbsp;marriage&nbsp;equality in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;we began&nbsp;to dream about an openly lesbian mayor, Christine Quinn,&nbsp;for&nbsp;the city&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;Coast of&nbsp;United States.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After&nbsp;months&nbsp;of&nbsp;suspense&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1744:poll-shows-christine-quinn-leads-ray-kelly-in-new-york-municipal-elections&amp;catid=24:us-news&amp;Itemid=142" target="_self">polls&nbsp;which already showed she could win</a>,&nbsp;Quinn&nbsp;officially&nbsp;announced&nbsp;her candidature&nbsp;to be the next mayor&nbsp;of&nbsp;New York.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quinn,&nbsp;46,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1750:christine-quinn-married-her-partner&amp;catid=16:life-sex-relationships&amp;Itemid=137" target="_self">recently married Kim Catullo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;will face&nbsp;4&nbsp;other&nbsp;candidates: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, and former MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, according to MSNBC.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Here&nbsp;her&nbsp;first&nbsp;campaign video:</span></p>
<p><iframe width="501" height="282" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RCsG_84-Y7A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></iframe></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&nbsp;<img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Christine_Quinn_.jpg" alt="Christine Quinn " style="float: left;" height="237" width="201" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Since&nbsp;the&nbsp;adoption&nbsp;of&nbsp;marriage&nbsp;equality in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;we began&nbsp;to dream about an openly lesbian mayor, Christine Quinn,&nbsp;for&nbsp;the city&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;Coast of&nbsp;United States.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After&nbsp;months&nbsp;of&nbsp;suspense&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1744:poll-shows-christine-quinn-leads-ray-kelly-in-new-york-municipal-elections&amp;catid=24:us-news&amp;Itemid=142" target="_self">polls&nbsp;which already showed she could win</a>,&nbsp;Quinn&nbsp;officially&nbsp;announced&nbsp;her candidature&nbsp;to be the next mayor&nbsp;of&nbsp;New York.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quinn,&nbsp;46,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1750:christine-quinn-married-her-partner&amp;catid=16:life-sex-relationships&amp;Itemid=137" target="_self">recently married Kim Catullo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;will face&nbsp;4&nbsp;other&nbsp;candidates: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, and former MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, according to MSNBC.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Here&nbsp;her&nbsp;first&nbsp;campaign video:</span></p>
<p><iframe width="501" height="282" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RCsG_84-Y7A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></iframe></p></div>Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Supports Marriage Equality2013-02-26T19:15:53+00:002013-02-26T19:15:53+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/atlanta-mayor-kasim-reed-supports-marriage-equalityE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Atlanta-Mayor-Kasim-Reed.jpg" width="160" height="193" alt="Atlanta-Mayor-Kasim-Reed" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kasim Reed,&nbsp;the&nbsp;mayor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Atlanta,&nbsp;is&nbsp;from now on&nbsp;favorable&nbsp;to&nbsp;equality marriage.&nbsp;He recently announced&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;interview&nbsp;on&nbsp;CBS Atalnta&nbsp;that&nbsp;his&nbsp;view&nbsp;had changed.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 0.5cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"For many years, I – as a lot of other folk – thought that civil unions were appropriate and did the job. The fact of the matter is, I was wrong. It doesn’t do the job. There are rights that come with having a relationship recognized under the law as a marriage, that are different from civil unions….I ended up believing I was wrong. So I changed my mind."</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">He&nbsp;said&nbsp;that "<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">gay and lesbian couples deserve the same protection" as straight couples.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Of course,&nbsp;it&nbsp;will be&nbsp;difficult not to think of&nbsp;the 2013 municipal elections&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to be re-elected&nbsp;Mayor.&nbsp;</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2013_News/Atlanta-Mayor-Kasim-Reed.jpg" width="160" height="193" alt="Atlanta-Mayor-Kasim-Reed" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kasim Reed,&nbsp;the&nbsp;mayor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Atlanta,&nbsp;is&nbsp;from now on&nbsp;favorable&nbsp;to&nbsp;equality marriage.&nbsp;He recently announced&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;interview&nbsp;on&nbsp;CBS Atalnta&nbsp;that&nbsp;his&nbsp;view&nbsp;had changed.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 0.5cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"For many years, I – as a lot of other folk – thought that civil unions were appropriate and did the job. The fact of the matter is, I was wrong. It doesn’t do the job. There are rights that come with having a relationship recognized under the law as a marriage, that are different from civil unions….I ended up believing I was wrong. So I changed my mind."</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">He&nbsp;said&nbsp;that "<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">gay and lesbian couples deserve the same protection" as straight couples.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Of course,&nbsp;it&nbsp;will be&nbsp;difficult not to think of&nbsp;the 2013 municipal elections&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to be re-elected&nbsp;Mayor.&nbsp;</span></p></div>Lesbian Moms Address Homophobe Troy Mayor2011-12-20T00:32:11+00:002011-12-20T00:32:11+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/lesbian-moms-address-homophobe-troy-mayorE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News_2011/amy_webber.jpg" alt="amy webber" width="259" height="189" /></p>
<p>Amy and Tina Weber came in front of their mayor during a city council to tell her that they are a gay family.</p>
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<p>Janice L. Daniels, mayor of Troy in Michigan, had said homophobe remarks last June following the gay marriage law in New York.</p>
<p>She said: "I think I am going to throw away my I love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there."</p>
<p>So a few days ago, Amy and Tina, a lesbian couple living in Troy, made a point of presenting their family to their mayor:</p>
<p>"We came here tonight because we wanted Mayor Daniels to have a really good look at – and to meet for maybe the first time in her entire life – a gay family," said Amy.</p>
<p>Even if Daniels was "very, very moved by the whole experience", she however added at the end of the council: "I wish I could think of something really nice to say, but I can't think of something that would be absolutely appropriate."</p>
<p>I think the best you can do is to say nothing at al and I stay polite.</p>
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<p>Amy and Tina Weber came in front of their mayor during a city council to tell her that they are a gay family.</p>
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<p>Janice L. Daniels, mayor of Troy in Michigan, had said homophobe remarks last June following the gay marriage law in New York.</p>
<p>She said: "I think I am going to throw away my I love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there."</p>
<p>So a few days ago, Amy and Tina, a lesbian couple living in Troy, made a point of presenting their family to their mayor:</p>
<p>"We came here tonight because we wanted Mayor Daniels to have a really good look at – and to meet for maybe the first time in her entire life – a gay family," said Amy.</p>
<p>Even if Daniels was "very, very moved by the whole experience", she however added at the end of the council: "I wish I could think of something really nice to say, but I can't think of something that would be absolutely appropriate."</p>
<p>I think the best you can do is to say nothing at al and I stay polite.</p>
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<p>Christine Quinn, openly lesbian, could succeed to Michael Bloomberg in 2013.</p>
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<p>After a sexting-on-twitter scandal for the one who was the favorite to be the new mayor, Christine Quinn became the new possibility. Currently the speaker of the New York city council, she could become not only the first woman but also the first lesbian to be elected as mayor in New-York.</p>
<p>Christine Quinn, 44, took part as an assistant in the election of Tom Duane, first town councillor openly gay of New York, and then was the director of the New York Anti Project Violence, an association which fights against violence towards LGBT.</p>
<p>Even if she supported the re-election of Bloomberg, thing LGBT militants didn't like, Quinn participates to all the important pro-gay demonstrations. She was even arrested by the police.</p>
<p>If she is elected, she won't be the first lesbian to direct an American big city because in 2009, Annise Parker was elected mayor of Houston, Texas. So everything is possible.</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img alt="christine_quinn_ny" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/christine_quinn_ny.jpg" height="160" width="300" /></p>
<p>Christine Quinn, openly lesbian, could succeed to Michael Bloomberg in 2013.</p>
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<p>After a sexting-on-twitter scandal for the one who was the favorite to be the new mayor, Christine Quinn became the new possibility. Currently the speaker of the New York city council, she could become not only the first woman but also the first lesbian to be elected as mayor in New-York.</p>
<p>Christine Quinn, 44, took part as an assistant in the election of Tom Duane, first town councillor openly gay of New York, and then was the director of the New York Anti Project Violence, an association which fights against violence towards LGBT.</p>
<p>Even if she supported the re-election of Bloomberg, thing LGBT militants didn't like, Quinn participates to all the important pro-gay demonstrations. She was even arrested by the police.</p>
<p>If she is elected, she won't be the first lesbian to direct an American big city because in 2009, Annise Parker was elected mayor of Houston, Texas. So everything is possible.</p></div>Anti-Gay Pastor Wilfredo de Jesus Wants The Mayor's Seet in Chicago2010-10-05T21:53:41+00:002010-10-05T21:53:41+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/anti-gay-pastor-wilfredo-de-jesus-wants-the-mayor-s-seet-in-chicagoE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/chicago_.jpg" alt="chicago " width="252" height="198" /></p>
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<p>In Chicago, an anti-gay pastor wishes to be elected mayor.</p>
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<p>Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Church, will announce his candidacy Thursday. It follows another reverend, Reverend James Meeks, pastor of a large Baptist church in Chicago.</p>
<p>Both already have a story as homophobes.</p>
<p>Jesus said that marriage should be limited to heterosexual couples and describes the project of a high school in Chicago for its LGBT students as "a form of segregation."</p>
<p>The election will take place in February. Chicago, cross your fingers that these two are not elected!</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/chicago_.jpg" alt="chicago " width="252" height="198" /></p>
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<p>In Chicago, an anti-gay pastor wishes to be elected mayor.</p>
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<p>Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Church, will announce his candidacy Thursday. It follows another reverend, Reverend James Meeks, pastor of a large Baptist church in Chicago.</p>
<p>Both already have a story as homophobes.</p>
<p>Jesus said that marriage should be limited to heterosexual couples and describes the project of a high school in Chicago for its LGBT students as "a form of segregation."</p>
<p>The election will take place in February. Chicago, cross your fingers that these two are not elected!</p></div>No Gay Pride In Moscow2011-05-18T14:15:30+00:002011-05-18T14:15:30+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/events/no-gay-pride-in-moscowE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/moscow_pride.jpg" alt="moscow_pride" width="173" height="208" /></p>
<p>In Russia, the Gay Pride of Moscow who was supposed to take place on May 28th was also banned and the worst, for the same reasons who condamned Russia in the European Court of Human Rights.</p>
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<p>Russia was condemned recently for nonrespect of the human rights by European Court.</p>
<p>It does not matter for the mayor of Moscow who prohibited the Gay Pride again.</p>
<p>"We will ask to president Dmitri Medvedev the authorization to organize the Gay Pride beside the Kremlin, a sector which depends only of his jurisdiction", said Nikolaï Alekseev, a gay rights militant.</p>
<p>Ban or not, the militants will meet as each year.</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/News/moscow_pride.jpg" alt="moscow_pride" width="173" height="208" /></p>
<p>In Russia, the Gay Pride of Moscow who was supposed to take place on May 28th was also banned and the worst, for the same reasons who condamned Russia in the European Court of Human Rights.</p>
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<p>Russia was condemned recently for nonrespect of the human rights by European Court.</p>
<p>It does not matter for the mayor of Moscow who prohibited the Gay Pride again.</p>
<p>"We will ask to president Dmitri Medvedev the authorization to organize the Gay Pride beside the Kremlin, a sector which depends only of his jurisdiction", said Nikolaï Alekseev, a gay rights militant.</p>
<p>Ban or not, the militants will meet as each year.</p></div>